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Word: gorbunov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1943-1943
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...chief rival in the fighter field. A Jewish teacher's son, he is tough, unsmiling. His new plywood fighter, the Reds say, has a faster takeoff, greater punch, a remarkably easy control. The name-handle, LAGG, is compounded of LA for Lavochkin, GG for his aides, Gorbunov & Gudkov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: YAK, LAGS, Stormovik | 8/30/1943 | See Source »

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